streta

Borrowed from Ido streta, from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstreta/
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: stre‧ta

streta (accusative singular stretan, plural stretaj, accusative plural stretajn)

1. narrow

• malvasta, mallarĝa

Borrowed from English strait, Italian stretto, Spanish estrecho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈstreta/

streta

1. narrow, strait
2. (figuratively) limited, scanty

• larja

• Esperanto streta

streta (present tense stretar, past tense streta, past participle streta, passive infinitive stretast, present participle stretande, imperative streta/stret)

1. alternative spelling of strete

streta (present stretar, preterite stretade, supine stretat, imperative streta)

1. (with emot (“against”)) to put up resistance (because one is unwilling to do something or the like); to resist, to struggle, to put up a fight

   Hästen stretade emot för att den inte ville tillbaks in i stallet

   The horse was putting up a fight because it didn't want to go back in the stable

   Alla var inte lika förtjusta i stavningsreformen, och vissa tidningar stretade emot i många år

   Not everyone was as enamored with the spelling reform, and some papers resisted for many years

2. to toil (work hard)

   De stretade på åkern varje dag

   They toiled in the field every day

3. synonym of spreta

   Håret stretade åt alla håll

   Her hair was sticking out in all directions

• stret

• knoga
• slita

• streta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• streta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• streta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)